Sunderland 2025 summer transfers: Every confirmed signing and sale for Regis Le Bris' side

Sunderland 2025 summer transfers: All confirmed ins and outs
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Track all of Sunderland's 2025 summer transfer activity, including confirmed signings, player departures, latest rumours and squad updates.

Despite ending the regular season in the Championship on a five-game losing streak, Sunderland secured their place in the playoffs with a comfortable fourth-placed finish. 

Sunderland’s dramatic playoff run was defined by their knack for late goals, with a stoppage-time winner in the first leg and a 122nd-minute equaliser in the return leg helping them edge past Coventry City in the semi-finals. That was followed by Tommy Watson’s 95th-minute strike to secure a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United in the final.

The win marked Sunderland’s long-awaited return to the Premier League, ending an eight-year absence since their relegation in 2017. However, manager Regis Le Bris knows that staying in the top flight will pose a far greater challenge.

This summer has already seen significant movement, with playoff hero Watson joining Brighton & Hove Albion and rising star Jobe Bellingham making a big-money move to Borussia Dortmund. On a positive note, Enzo Le Fée's loan from Roma has been made permanent.

Sunderland also smashed their transfer record by signing Habib Diarra from Strasbourg for £30 million, and the club is expected to continue strengthening the squad ahead of their Premier League opener against West Ham United on August 16.

Given their spending at the start of this window, Sunderland are expected to have a good attempt at avoiding an immediate return to the Championship.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up every new signing and departure from Sunderland's 2025 summer transfer window.



Sunderland confirmed transfers in: Summer 2025

Enzo Le Fee (£19.3m, Roma)

Habib Diarra (£30m from Strasbourg)

Noah Sadiki (£15m from Union SG)

Reinildo Mandava (free from Atletico Madrid)

Chemsdine Talbi (Undisclosed from Club Brugge)

Simon Adingra (£21m from Brighton & Hove Albion)

Sunderland total spend summer 2025: £85.3m

Sunderland confirmed transfers out: Summer 2025

Jobe Bellingham (£27.8m to Borussia Dortmund)

Tommy Watson (£10m to Brighton & Hove Albion)

Salis Abdul Samed (end of loan from Lens)

Nathan Bishop (undisclosed to AFC Wimbledon)

Adil Aouchiche (loan to Aberdeen)

Sunderland total income summer 2025: £37.8m



How much have Sunderland spent and earned during the summer 2025 transfer window?

Sunderland total spend summer 2025: £85.3m

Sunderland total income summer 2025: £37.8m

Sunderland total profit/loss summer 2025: -£47.5m



Latest Sunderland transfer rumours


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Sunderland squad


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